Congratulations to the Class of 2018!1. Everything- everything- turns out for the better. It just takes time.2. Whatever tough time you are going through now, look at it through the lens of a year from now for perspective. If anything, it makes a great story and might help someone else who is going through what you are going through. 3. Maintain a positive attitude. Fake it if needed. 4. Try new things on a weekly basis. Go a different route, meet new people, try new experiences, do something that scares you. 5. Be kind to everyone. As you walk the ladder of success, be nice to everyone on your way up, and they’ll be nice to you on your way down. (this is my father’s advice). 6. If you can’t be content, be grateful. 7. Tell your friends and your family you love them. Often. 8. Take care of your health. Wear sunscreen. Drink water. Walk often. Eat well. 9. Have a cause you believe strongly in above yourself. 10. Believe in your dreams and strive for them. You can be WHATEVER you want to be. You are smart, talented, and strong. Now go change the world!

Please follow the directions here to get a student ID for Palomar College. Remember, this does NOT mean that you are enrolled at Palomar College, rather it is a CTE Transitions program that can sign you up for three college credits with a B or above both semesters. It is called "credit by exam."

You will sign up for a Palomar ID. Then you will enroll in my photography class through CATEMA.You must do both those steps to be able to get the college credit.

DANCING WITH COSTICĂThe main characters in these images were created with images from the Costică Acsinte Archive on Flickr Commons.

Costică Acsinte (sometimes spelled Axinte) was a Romanian war photographer who, after discharge, opened a studio in Slobozia, IL.​See more work here

Your AssignmentYou will scan one (or more) of the photographs from the collection that Mrs. Moncure has.Put the person(s) in an imaginary setting, using photographs of yours or photos from the web, making sure that you are downloading the highest resolution image you can. Follow the directions here on how to get a high resolution image from Google images. Your final piece can be color or black and white. You can draw or paint on it using your Wacom tablet as well. How to colorize a black and white photo- make sure to change the image mode from grayscale to CMYK before beginning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Srw245R7U

​Save as lastname-firstname-long.jpg in the 05-21-2018 Long folder.Graded based on:Time on task: 3 pointsOriginality: 2 pointsCraftsmanship: 3 pointsOverall appeal and concept: 2 points

Follow the tutorials here to complete a composite photograph. The images needed are in the folder named "compositing" in your period number in the shared drive. Drag the folder to your desktop so that you don't accidentally save your work over the original artwork. This tutorial will teach you the tools that you will use for your personal composite photograph that you are creating afterwards.

Please watch this video on getting started with your Wacom tablet before using one. Artists, illustrators, and photographers use the tablet for drawing and painting and more precise editing than using a mouse. It is essentially like using an electronic piece of paper instead of a mouse. PLEASE be careful with your pressure on the tablet with the pen, as it is extremely sensitive to touch. Some students even just hover over the tablet with success. PLEASE return the pen to it's proper place on top of the tablet at the end of each class period, as the tablet is useless without the pen and they're expensive to replace.

Family photo tutorial from Tony and Chelsea Northrup ​Put your top six photos in the common drive as lastname-firstname-family1.jpg, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (you can do more, up to 12) and put in the 05-10-2018 Family folder. CROP OUT any random poles, background that shouldn't be there, people in front of you etc. Adjust as needed- brightness and darkness, make sure no dust in sky, no funky faces. Show your best of the best! These photos will be given to the family as a gift for coming and spending the day with us!

Create a new student blog using a free version of Weebly for yourself.

Go to weebly.com and sign up using your full name, PERSONAL email address, and your password as the first letter of your first name and plus your eight digit birthday as your password (NOT a password that you use for everything as you have to share it with me!).

Watch some of the intro videos on your own before you start.

Do a SUBDOMAIN of Weebly (www.yourchoice.weebly.com)- otherwise you'll have to pay. Make sure your personal website is something that is PROFESSIONAL sounding, i.e. lastnamephoto or firstandlastnamephoto. The shorter the better, and make sure you spelled it correctly!

Sign up for a personal website and pick out a template you like. Do NOT choose one that has three images in a grid or commerce- you'll have to change it up in formatting and it's a big pain.

Use http://artteacherlady.weebly.com as the template. Replace all the website's images with your own (for the header, etc). For your portfolio page, the background should be plain black or white.

Use the link below to note what your web address is and password, using your PERSONAL gmail account to sign up, so that when you graduate, you can still use your website! ​Put your name and website informationhere

***Note- as you're putting up your photos on the website, if the image is over 10 MB it will ask you to upgrade to a professional site. Don't do it! To resize your large image to put on your website, open it in Photoshop.Go to image> image size and change it to about 8" wide which will bring the size to about 10 MB.RESAVE it as lastname-firstname-projectname-SMALLER.jpg. ALWAYS HAVE A REGULAR SIZED PIECE AND SMALLER ONE.Once you make an image smaller in resolution, you can't get the quality back to the original so it's best to just have it saved as another copy.(Do NOT do this for all your images, only the ones that are over 10 MB and can't go onto Weebly easily)